“Protestants little know what they are doing when they propose to accept the aid of Rome in the work of Sunday exaltation. While they are bent upon the accomplishment of their purpose, Rome is aiming to re-establish her power, to recover her lost supremacy. Let the principle once be established in the United States that the church may employ or control the power of the state; that religious observances may be enforced by secular laws; in short, that the authority of church and state is to dominate the conscience, and the triumph of Rome in this country is assured” (Great Controversy, p. 581).
According to inspiration, Sunday exaltation leads to the restoration of papal supremacy. There is no doubt about it. Whether it’s the Protestant Churches, labor unions, political powers, the secular media, or even Rome itself, whenever Sunday is exalted and granted special rights and privileges, the “triumph of Rome” is “assured.”
This is precisely what Rome is doing as she leads the world in Sunday exaltation. Roman Catholic clergy across the United States are urging people to join a national campaign to revive the Sunday Eucharist. The latest call was issued on June 9, 2023, by Roman Catholic Bishop James D. Conley from Lincoln, Nebraska. He expressed the following in the Southern Nebraska Register:
• “This Corpus Christi Sunday (a Catholic feast that celebrates the real presence of the body and blood of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist) will kick off the second year of the National Eucharistic Revival. Surveys reveal that attendance at Sunday Mass in the United States is at an all-time low.” [1]
• “The National Eucharist Revival is a three-year program across the country to help renew and revive belief, understanding, and love for Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.” [1]
• “I have encouraged our pastors to mark the beginning of this second year of the Eucharistic Revival by leading outdoor Eucharistic processions in our parishes.” [1]
• “I invite each one of you into a deeper living relationship with Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.” [1]
• “The Eucharist is the greatest gift that Jesus has given us because it contains his very self. In this National Eucharistic Revival, each one of us are invited to deepen our relationship with Jesus Christ, Our Lord, through the celebration of the Eucharist, so that we can be set on fire for the mission our Church so desperately needs. Please join me in this revival.” [1]
It is obvious that the goal of the National Eucharist Revival is to increase Sunday mass attendance. That is the ultimate objective of this revival, according to Bishop James D. Conley. Yes, Catholics believe in Jesus, but their ecumenical Jesus is worshiped on Sunday through the Eucharist. This is why the ecumenical movement is so deceptive. On the one hand, Rome tells us not to focus on doctrine but rather on the common ground we share, but on the other hand, Rome is attempting to resurrect the Sunday Eucharist in America. What we are witnessing today is the Catholic clergy breathing life into the Sunday Eucharist. And all who exalt or embrace this idol Sabbath are paying homage to the institution of the Papacy:
“Sunday is a child of the papacy. It has been nourished and cradled by the Protestant world as a genuine requirement of Jehovah, but it has no foundation in the word of God. The Christian world is tested by their relation to this matter. God moves upon men to search the Scriptures for evidence to sustain Sunday. Those who search with a desire for truth will see that in the past they have been relying on tradition, and have accepted an institution of the papacy” (Review and Herald, July 13, 1897).
“All who will exalt and worship the idol sabbath, a day that God has not blessed, help the devil and his angels with all the power of their God-given ability, which they have perverted to a wrong use. Inspired by another spirit which blinds their discernment, they cannot see that the exaltation of Sunday observance is entirely the institution of the Catholic church” (Manuscript, 7a 1896).
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I for one am so appreciative of Advent Messenger!!! You keep us informed of what is going on behind the scenes! Thank you so much for taking the time and the effort to let God’s people know what to expect, since not all read the SOP.
“that religious observances may be enforced by secular laws;” GC581
Thank you for writng this article and how timely it is, subject to what’s coming out of Nebraska but not limited to it. Thank you. SCOTUS ruling last week did the same thing whether one wants to focus on the Workforce Religious Freedom Act or the so called Equality Act (which some prefer to whisper on it’s relation), the ruling exalted the sunday.